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Once again I see the ironic demonstration of intolerance toward anyone who disagrees with the promotion of homosexuality. Why is it that homosexual promoters have to attack anyone and everyone who disagrees with them? This nation is still a democratic country that allows us the freedom to have individual beliefs.

I applaud the Saskatchewan delegates led by MP Brad Trost for standing strong in their convictions. In the same vein, Mayor Don Atchison has stood firm, unlike many of the other city councillors who have caved. There are more important things to do in running Saskatoon than to parade around championing somebody’s sex life.

I thank God that I have a mother and a father without whom I would not exist. Nor would anyone else reading this, which seems totally forgotten in this marriage discussion.

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Contrary to Hinz’s display of intolerance, as demonstrated by insults and false assertions, these individuals should be cheered. Also, the vast majority of Canadians still believe marriage is a union of one man and one woman. Unfortunately, they don’t want to bother dealing with angry, hateful promoters and the media deceptions. Mayor Don has my vote.

Peter Pfeifer, Saskatoon

Gouging the poor

Shame on the Saskatchewan Party government. All we ever heard was how wonderful our province was doing under their leadership.

What did they do with all the money over the past eight years? I don’t understand why nothing was put into a reserve fund. How can they continue to gouge the vulnerable, who live on fixed incomes, for more money for prescriptions? A lot of them can barely buy groceries, and have to pay the rent and utilities.

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Just look around. There are more and more people working two or three jobs just trying to make ends meet. More and more seniors have just the Old Age Security and the Canada Pension to live on.

Why does the tax burden always fall on the lower income people who can afford it the least?

L.R. Cone, Saskatoon

Life of wisdom

I very much appreciated Doug Cuthand’s article about his father, who died recently at the age of 97.

I saw Stan Cuthand twice, many many years ago, at meetings of the Saskatchewan Association of Translators and Interpreters of Saskatchewan. He gave a talk to one of the meetings about translating the Bible into Cree.

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His gentleness and his modest wisdom impressed me so much that they have stayed in my mind after all these years. Indeed, a life well lived.

David Edney, Saskatoon

NDP’s gift to Wall

Good thing the NDP goofed up and leaked the budget. Now the Saskatchewan Party has something to fool their supporters, distract from their budget and the financial mess that should have been released before the election.

Brad Wall and his cronies (including old Devine-era pals) are sneaking around, planning their privatization schemes for one-time cash injections so they can say, “See, we brought the deficit down.” Then we can all stand around like deer in the headlights saying, “How did this privatization happen?”

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Information Services Corporation (ISC) is just one department that was privatized (2012) by this government, this after the Crown corporation returned dividends of $14 million and $15.5 million in 2010 and 2011 to the province.

Are the rural supporters of the Saskatchewan Party going to stand by and watch SaskTel get privatized — the Crown corporation that brought them telephone service when no private company would? And what about natural gas and electricity to rural areas — who provided these?

John M. Thomson, Saskatoon

Backward attitude

Imagine our horror when we saw the sexist real estate ad on Saturday, with the caption: Hasn’t she waited long enough?

In 2016 one would think that the StarPhoenix is above publishing a backwards advertisement that consists of a stereotypical male breadwinner and a woman waiting around for her man to buy her a “castle.”

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